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VOL. XIV.
LA GRANDE, TJNION COUNTY, OREGON. ' MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1910.
NUMBER 51
DROPS
2,1 FEET AS
BOMBSHELLS
AVIATION MEET MAY SEE BEPRE.
SENTATION OF GRIM WAR
FARE WEDNESDAY
FALLSSEVEHTHDUSAflDFEET
Released Ills Engine, Hoxey Dropr
Himself Over Seven Thousand Feet
to Within Fire Hundred Feet of the
round and Then Bights Himself
Nicely Oranges Dropped Like
Bombshells With Good Aim.
JOHN BATTO HEBE TONIGHT.
Seat Sale of Lyceum Coarse Is Brisk
and Crowd Will b- Large.
The seat sale for the .first number
of the 1910-1911 lecture course Is a
brisk one and all indications point to
a capacity house tonight when John
Ratto, the Impersonator, holds the
boards at the Steward. iEr. Ratto's
national reputation has attracted lov
ers of clean entertainment and the
house tonight should be one of the
Urgent of the year, Judging from the
number of seats disposed of in ad
vance.
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Today being a legal holiday
the Observer reaches read
ers as a four-page paper,
publication being made sole
ly because of legal features.
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CABINET IE
SHORTLY
MacYAGn, WILSON, KNOX AND
BALLINGER ALL SLATEDTO
DROP FOLIOS.
scon fiio fin fin
Generally Conceded that Scott Will
Succeed MacYagh as Treasurer See
retary Present Private Secretary
Also. Slater for New Position Knox
Dissatisfied With His Loss of. Poll
Los'Angeles, Dec. 26 Archie Hoxey,
Is the hero of the aviation meet today.
Yesterday he ascended to a height of
7500 feet, turned oft the engines, and
shot earthward. He didn't right the
planes until within BOO feet of the
ground. His height record yesterday
waa corrected today and shows he as
cended 9,288 feet during his flight.
Williard shows he is the premier
marksman of blrdmen. Armed with
oranges representing bombs he drop-
pen ten out of 25 on a space the size
of a battleship deck at the height of
2,000 feet.
Aerial warfare will be offered avia
tion enthusiasts Wednesday if the
consent of the avlaticm "committee to a
scheme proposed today can be secur
ed. Wlllard plans to carry aloft real
bombs constructed on specifications
'! ; ;ied by the federal war depart-
j and hurl them at targets in San
Pedro hills near , the, field, He" will
. maneouver as though fortification or
battleships were his objectlce and the
aerial attack will have the character
istics of a grim reality. The consent
of the committee must be obtained be
cause of the daniger that attaches to
such an expedition. - -. .
SEEK PAROLE OF
11 R. BARE
FROM SALEM
WALLOWA COUNTY FRIENDS PLAN
TO SAVE HIS LIFE. .
Ailing in Health He Is Unable to Stand
Confinement of Prison.
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OWIB OUTRAGES
FREQ0E1T IN
LOS ANGELES
LLEWELYN IEON WOBKS PABTLY
RUINED BY DYNAMITE YES
TEBDAY MORNING.
POLICE ARE ON THE TRML
Evidence Sufficient to Warrant Suppo
sition that Crime Was Committed by
Disgruntled Union Men, Involved in
Recent Iron Workers' Strike One
-Man Slightly Injured Tare Floor
Wrecked. f
TBY WEST TOMORROW.
Shooting Proclhitles of Earl West to
be Hashed Over in Court
Earl West, the man who shot up the
town a few days ago will be put on
trial in justice court tomorrow and
given trial for his alleged offenses. It J
is believed- he will be bound over to
the circuit court and it is plain that
there is evidence enough to land him
In the penitentiary.
S1T0 DOUGH
iinmpmn in
SERIOUS
BUSINESS AT STANDSTILL.
Banks and Business HoO Closed
today in Observance of "Yule."
Business was a minus element . In
La Grande today. Few wheels of In
dustry turned. The shows' crew' was
cut down to absolute necessity;' the
banks and stores almost exclusively
postofflce, court house and iprofeS'
slonal officers were closed.
AMERICAN SHIPS ORDERED TO
TURBULENT WATERS AS
PEACE MAKERS.
USURPTIOri PLOT EXPOSED
"DAD" MOON MARRIED.
Pioneer Engineer of . This . Country
Takes Unto Himself a Bride.
O. W. Moon, the pioneer engineer
of the entire state the man who long
since ceased to physically be able to
keep his Elgin branch line run and
was transferred to a less ardorous run
out of Pendleton has been married
The news of his marriage has Just
commenced to reach Mr. Moon's for
mer habitat. The Pendleton East Ore-
gonian says: .
In a quiet home wedding at 200
High street last Sunday at 5 o'clock
Mr. O. W. Moon and Mrs. J. L. Dray
were married by Rev. R. E. Storey.
After the ceremony a luncheon was
served to the friends present. The
groom is the popular pioneer engi
r.ccr cn the Pilot Rock run and is
familiarly known by his wide circle
of friends as "Daddy" Moon. Among
those present were eMr. and Mrs." Guy
E. Chopin, Mr. Chopiin being his fire
man. They will reside at 200 High
street
DELEGATION WILL
SEE GOVERNOR
BAKER MAKES LAST AND FINAL
PLEA FOB ASYLUM.
Intend to Get Last Word in Struggle
For Proposed Building.
Enterprise, Dec. 26 The News Rec
ord says:
Friday and Saturday of last, week
friends of John R. Bare who is now
doing time lal the state prison, for
the killing of "Brick" Johnson in
Ott's saloon in Enterprise four year's
ago, began circulating a petition for
his parole and are meeting with much
success In all parts of the county.
Mrs, Bare's efforts to secure her hus
band's release are meeting with liber
al support and assistance from her
friends and his and six copies of the
petition are being circulated in differ
ent parts of the county. Backed by am
davits showing new evidence discov
ered corroborating Bare's Btory . as
toW on the stand at the time of the
trial and by. a statement of the prison
physician. Dr. J. N. Smith, that Bare
is suffering from a nervous disorder
resulting from a burp received in his
cell two years ago and Is gradually
growing worse, the petition signed
first by the twelve Jurors who con
vlcted Bare, has already a large num
ber of leading citizens of the county
endorsing, it.
The crime for which Bare is in
carcerated was the killing of M. M.
Johnson, commonly known as "Brick"
Johnson in Ott's saloon at Enterprise,
June 11, 1906, where Johnson was
employed as bartender. Bare was
drunk and Johnson addressed vile
language to him defaming tne char
acter of Bare's wife, his mother, and
his wife's mother. Bare resented this
and went home and got a gun and
killed John.son,
He told this on the stand, but It
was not corroborated. Now affidavits
have been secured from a number of
residents of this county that will cor
roborate this story, A letter from the
prison physiclon states . that Bare
cannot recover in prison but will
probably get well if out where he
can have proper care and treatment
A position has been secured for Bare
In Baker county where ha will be
able to support his wife and three
children who are now destitute.
The petition asks for a ten year pa
role on the conditions that Bare ab
stain entirely from the use of intoxi
actlng liquors, support his family as
long as physically able to do so, es
tablish a residence in the state and
outBlde Union and Wallowa counties,
Washington, Dec. 26 Rumors of a
coming shakeup In- the cabinet is re
newed today. It is reported changes
are contemplated by President Taft
involved the resignations of Secretary
of State, P. C. Knox, Secretary of the
Treasury MacVagh, Secretary of the
Interior, R. A, Ballinger and (possibly
Secretary , of Agriculture, Wilson,
Secretary Knox, it Is ktiown, is dis
satisfied over his loss of .Influence in
administration , policies. Politicians
say the time has arrived for Mr. Ea
linger to quit, now that he is; vindi
cated. The report. that Congressman
Scott of Kansas will succeed Wilson
Is generally credited. President's Sec
j retary, Norton is named by politicians
to succeed Macvagh who Is suffering
from ill health. .
MANY IN FAMILY ILL.
One Dead, Three Others HI is Yule
tide Sorrow of ColoraJ) Family.
With their daughter, Rebekah Col-
omb, late of Coeur . d'Alene,
dead and burled, a son very 111 at the
hospital with typhoid, and another
son and daughter ill at tbelr home
with typhoid fever Is the distressing
yuletide for the Colomb family in
this city. They moved here from Coeur
d'Alene about eight weeks ago,' and
the entire family was taken down
with tyiphold fever. The only death' In
the family thus far occurred Satur
day and 'Interment was made from
the Henry & Carr undertaking parlors
this morning. The others in the fam
lly are seriously 111.
Los Angeles, Dec. 26 That the ex
plosion that partially wrecked , the
plant of the Llewellyn Iron Works
yesterday was caused hy dynamite, is
the unanimous belief of the plant own
ers and the police who have begun an
Investigation. It Is believed, a low
grade of dynamite was set off by a
lorfg" fuse. A nortion of the fuse. was
found. The loss is about $20,000 and
night watchman J. Ashburg, a. negro,
was only slightly injured. The author!
ties are searching for three men who
were seen running away shortly be
fore the explosion. - "
Many believe some disgruntled for
mer employes are guilty. The first
floor was badly wrecked and the sec
ond floor was afso damaged. The third
floor was weakened. The company Is
one of the largest in the west and has
been Involved in the rec.ent iron work
er's strike. -r".
' "Our plant was dynamited," said
Secretary John Llewellyn. "This mis
erable affair is part of a plot to get us,
It was committed by enemies of the
company and I am willing to say they
were not non-union men, We will
spare no expense to get at the bottom
of this affair."
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Soldiers of Fortune, Americans, and
Revolutionists are Planning on Mftk.
lag Bombardment of Principal City
today American, Interests .... to be
rroiened Ightlng on the Frontier
Has Started.
BASED ON SALARIES NOW RECEIY
i ED INCREASE MEANS $1,S,"9.57.
Agreement Will be of Material Bene.
.fit to Local Engineers. "
THREE MILLION STARVING.
North Provinces of China Suffering
Terrible With Hunger.
. Four Dead From Gas.
Seattle, Dec. 26 Four men are dead
today and another is dying because
the gas in the Pacific lodging house
yesterday. Charles Draft a laborer, Is
the only one identified. Physicians say
Wm. Parker, at the hospital will die.
Four others are in a critical condition
are ' at the Municipal lodging house.
All occupied different rooms. Authori
ties are investigating.
ENTERPRISE GIRL VERY ILL.
. Shanghai, Dec. 26 Reports from the
interior state that three million Chi
nese are starving in the northern part
of the province of Kaign Su and An
nul Efforts of foreign missionaries to
relieve the distress have failed.. The
total population of the produces is
37,000,000. The International board of
foreign missions has appealed for a
million "dollars to relieve the famine.
The Red Cross Is urged to collect the
funds; y
Brought Out From Enterprise In Last
Stages of Fatal Appendicitis.
Lady Claire Mover, a young girl of
Enterprise, was brought to thd Grande
Ronde hospital yesterday afternoon
and this morning was operated on for
appendicitis. The disease has worked
such fearful inroads on her system
that chances for her recovery are very
remote. Relief In the way of an oper
ation was accorded the young sufferer
this morning by Dr; Molltor;
Though shrouded In secrecy and
known to but a few, It is nevertheless
a fact that Baker businessmen are
unking a last and valient stand to gain not leave the Jurisdiction of the state
the Eastern Oregon asylum. A delega- and report to the governoror warden
"on from Baker people leave tonight as often in writing' as to his where
for Salem to confer with Jay Bow-
ennan again. As the time Is nearlng
tor the decision to be made, it is nre-
"umed that the, Baker people Intend
to make the last appeal and have the
last word to say.
ohnnts. notions and conduct as the
governor may desire. Ten years' com
pllaace to entitle him to a full par
don but any failure to be the Instance
S IS 111 A SUCCESS
Portland, Dec. 26 The annual
Christmas swim of Multnomah Ama
teur Athletic club in the Willamette
river was today witnessed by thous
ands of people who crowded the piers
and big 'bridges.
, Lewis Thomas of the club won the
first distance, 100 yards, time 1 min
pte, 2 3-4 seconds. Previous to the
race Ralph Wlthycombe dove from the
Morrison street bridge a distance of
60 feet.
No accident occurred. .
RE LIG THEATRE SA
El
Portland, Dec. 26 Expert cracks
men during the night blew the safe of
the Hells theatre and escaped with
$2100 of the-night's receipts for the
"Burgomaster". Manager Pangle and
of his return to the prison to finish j his wife slept in a room on the, top
his term. ' floor but were not awakened by the
explosion which wrenched loose the
steel door of the big safe in the base
ment. The robbers used nltroglycer
ene and muffled the sound with the
canvas scenery, wrapped nround the
safe.
The robbery was discovered this
morning. . ' ,
Stated in dollars and cents, , the
victory won by the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers at Chicago rep-
resents an average increase . each
month to La Grande's engineers of
$1,859.57 or 65 cents a day in addition
to the $5.20 now received by the en
gineers on an average. This is as re
gards to engineers alone and does
not Include the additional payments,
to be made to hostlers and similar de
partments. ,
This estimated increase in wages to
the La Grande Brotherhood of Engl
neers Is based on the assumption
that the average wage for the engi
neers here is $175 a month. The salar
the average of $175 Is a fair one. There
are eighty-five engineers now on the
working board and more will come
when the new shops are completed
The average increase In toto or to
individuals Is easily computed from
these premises.
The chief Items of Interest in the
new wage sdale reached Saturday and
which averted a strike are:
Amount of Increase in yearly wages
$1,000,000.
Average Increase, 10 1-3 per cent,
Average demand by engineers 15
per cent.
Original demand, 17 per cent.
Increase offered by roads, 9 1-2 per
cent. , '
Increase asked on Mallet type en
gines, 100 per cent.
75 cents to $1 differential.
Other Increases granted aje:
Forty cents per day In passenger
service.
Forty cents per, day In suburban(
service. -
Forty cents per day in through
freight service. -
Twenty-five cents differential on en
gines of 215,000 pounds on drivers. v
Engineers or helpers on wreck
trains, snow-bound or mixed, train
service, increase of 40 cents per day.
Switching rates, 50 cents Increase
In yards and transfer service.
Twenty-five cents Increase per day
for hostlers of the Brotherhood of Lo
coraotive Engineers.
Controlers' of motor cars, 40 cents
Increased.
Roads Involved,'6l. f J
. Engineers affected, 37,000.
It will be noticed that engineers
who are to be sent out on the mallets
hereafter will get a material Increase
In pay. Locally, It was chiefly the
Mallet Issue that prompted the vote
to strike. -
Washington, Dec. 26 Reports of
an uprising in Santa Domingo are
substantiated by official advices re
ceived here today. At the legation of
the republic it was said the trouble
is the result of efforts to capture the
smugglers, transferring goods from ,'
Hajti. It is learned howeveri that Don ,
Du Bucha, son of General De Bucha
has. recently admitted to friends here '
that the plot was to make his father
president. It is said In some quarters
that this may be the real Issue of the ,
disturbance. "
American Ship on Grounds, i
Secretary of the Navy today ordered
the gunboat Yorktown to Amapala,
and Its officers ordered to "observe
and report on conditions existing on
the west coast of Honduras." York
town will arrive at Amapala tomor
row. , .'' ' L '
Trouble Eipectcd This Afternoon ;
Puerto Cortez, Dec. 26 The arrival
of the converted yacht Pernet, manned
by revolutionists and American sold
iers of fortune is expected here today,,
It is feared they will bomhard this
city, The United States Cruiser Ta-
coma in the harbor will protect Amer
lean interests. Former President Bo
nllla who Is leading the" present re
bellion is reported aboard. '
Fighting In HaytL
San Domingo, Dec. 26 Troops were
sent today to Dominican, the Haytlen
frontier, as a result of a report that
a battle occurred there. General An-t
tenor Firman Is leading the rebels.
HEAVY FOG LASTS LONG.
Two New Moons, Blnnied for Unusual
Climatic Conditions Yesterday.
The fact that there are two new
moons in the month of December
a condition which exists only occa
sionally Is blamed for the mild win
ter thus far and Jokingly at last is
being blamed for the heavy fog yes
terday. The fog hung heavy over the
entire valley during the entire day,
In a manner seldom seen in this val
ley. It is not uncommon to have fogs
for a few hours, but an all-day affair
Is unusually rare.
IIN BURNED
IN SANTA ROLE
PORTLAND WOMAN MAY DIE
FROM INJURIES RECEIVED.
If She Survives Chances are She Will
: be Blinded by the Burns.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 26 Severely
burned about the face, bead and the
shoulders, Mrs. Eva Baker aged 60, is
believed to be dying at a local hospi
tal, as ther esult of a Christmas tree
fire yesterday. The woman wag dress
ed as Santa Claus, and was lighting
the candles preparatory to a surprise
to the two children of her employer,
ChaTles Crogster. Her false beard
was Ignited and burned off before the
flames were extlngltshed by Crogster.
If she, recovers she will probably be
blinded as the eyeballs are seared.
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